The 2018 edition of Key figures on culture and communication published on Thursday 3 May in bookshop and in digital format. Published annually, this yearbook offers, from 35 synthetic sheets structured in six major chapters, and a numerical approach to the field of culture, a photograph of all the sectors that make up it.
This study allows the census of the cultural network. Thus we count:
- More than 16,000 public reading places and more than 500 certified bookstores;
- Over 2,000 cinemas and 5,800 screens;
- 440 venues certified by the Ministry of Culture;
- 1,200 museums in France and some 40 national museums;
- 51 art centres and 23 regional contemporary art funds;
- More than 400 outstanding gardens;
- Nearly 200 cities and countries of art and history;
- 535,000 archaeological entities …
The places of creation, conservation and dissemination of art, heritage and culture are multiple in France and the diverse offer.
The survey also offers useful lessons on the cultural and artistic practices of the French: 42 million went to the cinema in 2016, the five national theatres recorded nearly 764,000 admissions for the 2015-2015 season.2016, the 70 national stages over 2.4 million admissions, more than 6.5 million have attended a concert as part of a festival, and 16% of the French population is registered in a library. Of the 88% of French Internet users today, eight out of ten have consumed cultural goods on the Internet in the past 12 months.
As a factor of attractiveness and a factor of wealth, culture attracts French and foreign tourists and contributes 2.2% to the gross domestic product.
The picture remains contrasted, with a strong appetite for culture, but whose access modes have been disrupted by the digital offer, and sectors that have, for some, been able to take advantage of digital support like video games, while others, such as the print media, are in structural crisis and are struggling to adapt the model to new modes of access to information and culture. Adapting to digital technology, both in terms of production and the protection of creation, is one of the challenges facing culture today. Better understanding of the economic reality of new entrants remains one of the projects to be carried out to improve knowledge of this changing field.
This 2018 edition of Key figures on culture and communication provides essential benchmarks for addressing cultural sector issues and is a tool for understanding and decision-making in cultural policy.
Co-published by the Department of Studies, Foresight and Statistics (Deps) and the Presses de Sciences Po, the book is based on a partnership with the Ministry’s Directorates-General, the public institutions under its supervision, the departments of other ministries (Budget, Economy and Finance, including INSEE, Interior, Higher Education and Research) and many professional organizations.